OPTIMISED LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC C07C63/26 C07C51/235 B01J19/24 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to liquid-phase catalytic oxidation of an aromatic compound and a reactor-type bubble column. A stream of oxidising agent which contains molecular oxygen and a stream of starting material containing the oxidised compound are fed into the reaction zone of the bubble column reactor. As a result of oxidation, a solid-phase product from at least approximately 10 wt % of the oxidised compound is obtained. At least a portion of the reaction medium containing the solid-phase product is taken from the reaction zone through one or more openings lying at a higher level than the inlet zone of at least a portion of the molecular oxygen into the reaction zone. Average gas flow rate per unit cross section of the stream at half the height of the said reaction medium is kept equal to at least approximately 0.3 m/s. The proposed installation has a bubble column reactor with a perforated shell, a reaction medium container and a channel designed for carrying spent reaction medium into the container.

EFFECT: product can be extracted and purified using methods which are cheaper than those which can be used if the acid is obtained via a high-temperature oxidation method.

32 cl, 35 dwg, 7 tbl, 13 ex